Atticus has been a bit obsessed with Neil Young for the past year or so. Yes, it all began way back when he was only four and a half. Before his dad and I went to see Neil Young live, we downloaded and burned his awesome Live at Massey Hall album from 1971. Well, Attie [...]
Best Neil Young cover ever! Grace potter sits in with Allman Brothers Band on “Southern Man.” From March 17th. Just wow.
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(We’ll just have to kind of ignore the opening thing…) I remember seeing this 1956 film back in elementary school. I don’t remember which classes, but I remember it was on a film projector, one of those old spooled and threaded machines that would clack-clack-clack when it was over and the tape ran out. When [...]
I’d call it The Ubiquity of Type. :P Thanks to Ryan at Making Curriculum POP for sharing.
Part of the Bluegrass Jam at James Lynch’s house, Danville, Virginia, May 31, 2011. Kevin Hawke, vocals and guitar; Jo Hawke, vocals; Ryland Hawker, banjo; Wes Holtsford, mandolin; and Laura Liem, fiddle. I uploaded all the pictures I had from the night, along with the audio of this song. Thanks, Animoto, for making it so [...]
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This is one of the songs we sing in church every week, except during Lent and Advent, the “Gloria.” Four-year-old Attie’s been singing it for a while now, but it wasn’t until about the first week in March that he could get through the whole thing without any prompting. Since way before then, we’ve been [...]
I only sang one song with both Kevin and Ryland Thanksgiving evening at my parents’ house, and this was it: Although I’m sure it wasn’t his favorite song of the evening to play, I really like how Ryland fills in the crevices with his banjo runs and riffs. :)
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I don’t think my mom has uploaded all of the Thanksgiving Day bluegrass jam with Kevin and his dad, Ryland, but she did post this video of me and Kevin that she shot after Ryland left…our version of “Georgia on My Mind”:
And the third installment of Kevin and Ryland’s bluegrass session: “Little Maggie,” “Dear Old Dixie,” “Leftover Biscuits,” and “Old Home Place.” Thanks to my mom, Nancye Ricketts, for editing and uploading the videos. :)
Here’s the second clip of Kevin and Ryland’s bluegrass jam the other night: “Dig a Hole,” “Salty Dog Blues,” “Ballad of Jed Clampett,” and “Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister.” My brother Bobby’s behind the video recorder, and his wife Kim’s dad, Bruce Wiles, is the off-screen singer on that last song.
